Subterfuge

This skill refers to the art of trickery, usually involving clever words such as convincing lies and half-truths. It is typically used to get someone to believe a fallacy in order to gain some kind of advantage or advancement of an agenda.

Benchmarks

• 1 - 10: Unconvincing or obvious attempt at trickery
• 11 - 20: Moderately convincing attempt
• 21 - 30: Highly convincing attempt

It should be noted that the effectiveness of this skill may be subject to the consent of the targeted player or GM. See Consent and Combat & IC Conflict Resolution pages for more information.

Modifiers

• +5 to the character’s roll if relationship to the target character(s) is friendly
• +10 to the character’s roll if relationship to the target character(s) is intimate
• +5 to the difficulty if relationship to the target character(s) is poor
• +10 to the difficulty if relationship to the target character(s) is hated